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Open The Secret Door (with Boris Midney / Masquerade, Boris Midney, Masquerade) by Masquerade / Boris Midney

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And She Answered: "When You Return To Me, I Will Open Quick the Cage Door, I Will Let the Red Bird Flee". (with Am 4) by Am4

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Revit Architecture 2018 for Designers

Douglas R. Seidler

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Building information modeling (BIM) is the new AutoCAD(R) for architects and interior designers-and...

A Vixen in Venice

Kate Deveaux

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He’s an art thief on the run—with her heart. Look closer, into Totally Five Star Venice,...

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Revit Architecture 2016 for Designers

Douglas R. Seidler

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Building information modeling (BIM) is the new AutoCAD(R) for architects and interior designers-and...

Logan (76 KP) rated Spy Killer in Books

Jan 14, 2019

This review covers the audio book version.

My first audio book with sound effects! That was exciting. The numerous fist fights, gunfire exchanges, and characters walking through doors really came to life as I listened to this. The music between chapters was pretty fun too.

Unfortunately, the voice acting (and some of the writing itself) struck me as terribly racist and offensive. The characters all fit into neat little stereotypes. There's nothing deep or challenging about any aspect of the story. All that said, it was kind of fun to listen to and laugh at, much as Kurt Reed (not sure if it's just this story or all L. Ron Hubbard stuff, but if you hear a character's first name, expect the last name to be dropped as well) laughs off basically everything that goes wrong. That might be the only truly positive thing I took away from it. Heroes laugh in the face of adversity. Cool. I'll keep that in mind.

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated There's Someone Inside Your House (2021) in Movies

Oct 27, 2021

Straight off the bat, I didn't hate There's Someone Inside Your House. As far as 90s inspired teen slashers go, it's relatively entertaining - it's has some solid gore, it's pacing is snappy for the most part, and the opening 15 minutes or so has some genuinely unsettling wide shots of houses with subtly open doors, hinting at someone unwanted being inside. It's a neat trick that's repeated once, but then unfortunately abandoned.
The main issue with TSIYH is how darn predictable it is, down to every set piece and narrative beat. The eventual killer reveal is sadly an obvious one, and there are even moments where the plot threatens to get a little ballsy but chickens out at the last second.

TSIYH had some fun slasher moments for sure, and I did like the multiple mask concept of the killer, but it's over reliance on genre tropes, and tendency to play it safe drag the overall experience down.